The View from a Jersey City Mosque

Talk story about mosques in Jersey City. Describes Masjid Al-Salam, the mosque where Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman preached. The Sheikh is being tried on charges of terrorism. His mosque, now closed for a zoning violation, is a tiny room above a seedy variety store. Greater N.Y. now has around 250 mosques; in Jersey City alone, as many as 10,000 Muslims now live and practice. The oldest mosque in Jersey City, founded in 1974, is in the Islamic Center, in an old Masonic temple. It contains a school. Describes a worship service there. Interviews Said Sharaf, a director of the Center. He says of the Sheikh, "He doesn't like our Center. He never came over here and gave even one speech."